Beech Tree Class Blog 2023-2024
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Weekly Update-19/7/24
Posted: Jul 19, 2024 by: Mr Kyriacou (n.kyriacou) on: Beech Tree Blog
Hello everyone,
This week, in English, the children have been focusing on performance poetry. They focused on intonation, varying the pace, using different volumes and actions during their performance. The children focused on multiple poems by Bruce Lansky and Jack Ouseby. The children really enjoyed taking on the roles of different characters, especially with a grandma who could rap.
In reading, we have just completed our story time book as well (Kensuke's Kingdom) and the children absolutely loved it!
In maths, we completed out work on position and direction this week, which the children did very well with. We then took the opportunity to do some revision in the form of an outdoor lesson based on previous units that had been taught. The children were tasked with identifying different items around the playground and on the bottom MUGA which had right angles, parallel lines, acute or obtuse angles. The children really enjoyed it and were able to show off their knowledge about what they had been taught previously.
In art, the children have been finishing off their death masks, which they have spent the last few weeks creating using papier-mache. They then attached the snake and beard to their masks before painting them. The final pieces look fantastic and the children should be very proud of them.
The children also presented their Egyptian homework projects this week and we invited parents to come and see them all on Friday afternoon. It was lovely to see what they had produced.
Take care,
Mr Kyriacou :)